核心问题
Most curious of all, there was no quality control whatsoever. (《大学英语》精读第一册第6单元)
请分析句中的 whatsoever 的用法和意义。
词典解答
whatsoever 是个形容词,作中心词 quality control 的后置定语,起加强否定的作用,在用法上大体上相当于 at all 或 whatever(参见 whatever/whatsoever)。
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That's nothing whatsoever to do with me. (Chambers) 这跟我毫无关系。
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He has no talent whatsoever for this job. (同上)。他做这个工作毫无才能。
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I don't think there's any evidence of that whatsoever. (EED) 我认为关于这一点没有任何证据。
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I refuse to answer any questions whatsoever until that has been done. (Sinclair) 在这件事完成之前,我拒绝回答任何问题。
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Langdon was silent for several seconds. ‘None whatsoever.’ (Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code) 兰登沉默了片刻，说道：“不能。”(《达·芬奇密码》)